Continental Drifters
The Continental Drifters were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1991 and dissolved in New Orleans, Louisiana about a decade later. Though the line-up changed several times, at one point the band comprised a kind of college rock/indie-rock/power pop supergroup, including as it did Peter Holsapple of The dB's, Mark Walton of The Dream Syndicate, Bangle Vicki Peterson and Susan Cowsill of The Cowsills.[1]
On April 28, 2009, the group reunited for the fifth annual Threadhead Patry in New Orleans, LA during Jazz Fest daze between, followed by a show on May 1 at Carrollton Station, playing to a sold-out crowd.
In 2015, Omnivore Recordings issued a double album retrospective focused on unreleased and live tracks from the band's long history.[2][3] In September the band, including all members from both the Los Angeles era and the later New Orleans manifestations, came together for fundraising concerts in New Orleans and Los Angeles.[4][5]
Discography
- Singles
- "The Mississippi" b/w "Johnny Oops" (7"/45rpm, 1992, SOL)
- "Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway" b/w "Meet On The Ledge" (7"/45rpm, 1997, Black Dog)
- 10"
- Listen, Listen (CDEP/10", 2001, Blue Rose)
- LPs
- Continental Drifters (1994, Monkey Hill/2001, Razor & Tie)
- Vermilion (CD, 1998, Blue Rose/1999, Razor & Tie)
- Better Day (CD, 2001, Razor & Tie/Blue Rose)
- Nineteen Ninety-Three (CD, recorded 1993/released 2003, Blue Rose)
- Compilations and appearances
- "When You Dance, I Can Really Love" (CD, 1995, This Note's for You, Too: A Tribute to Neil Young, Inbetweens)
- "I Can't Let Go" (CD, 1995, Sing Hollies in Reverse, Eggbert)
- Drifted: In The Beginning & Beyond (CD, released 2015, Omnivore Recordings)
Band members
- Mark Walton - Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
- Carlo Nuccio - Drums, Guitar, Vocals
- Gary Eaton - Guitar, Vocals
- Ray Ganucheau - Guitar, Banjo, Vocals
- Dan McGough - Organ, Piano
- Peter Holsapple - Guitar, Keyboards, Accordion, Mandolin, Vocals
- Susan Cowsill - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
- Vicki Peterson - Guitars, Vocals
- Robert Maché - Guitars, Mandolin, Vocals
- Russ Broussard - Drums
References
- ↑ Derk Richardson, "So Fresh And So Edgy: The Continental Drifters survive early music stardom", San Francisco Chronicle, June 7, 2001.
- ↑ Randy Lewis, "Listen to a new track from the Continental Drifters' coming retrospective", Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2015.
- ↑ Lee Zimmerman, "Drifted: In the Beginning & Beyond" (review), PopMatters, July 30, 2015,.
- ↑ Brett Milano, "Reunited, and It Feels So Good: Continental Drifters", OffBeat, August 26, 2015.
- ↑ Alex Rawls, "Continental Drifters - just an informal, laid-back supergroup", New Orleans Advocate, September 10, 2015.
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